Jefferson Robert Griffin v. State Indiana

PIVARNIK, J. Defendant-Appellant Jefferson Robert Griffin, Jr., and two accomplices brutally beat two men while all were inmates in the Jay County Jail on December 15, 1979.Appellant was charged with murder and battery. The Jay Circuit Court transferred Appellant's case to the Wayne Superior Court by agreement of the parties. Appellant subsequently tendered pleas of guilty to class B felony voluntary manslaughter and to class C felony battery pursuant to a written plea bargain agreement entered into with the State. The trial court accepted the agreement, granted Appellant's motion to enter guilty pleas and sentenced Appellant to an aggregate term of twenty-five years imprisonment. The trial court committed Appellant to the Indiana Department of Corrections. Appellant now directly appeals and argues that the trial court erred by denying his verified motion for specific performance of his plea agreement.